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Maasz's North Shore Inn - Fort Atkinson - Friday Night Fish Fry
This entry was posted on 7/9/2010 1:43 AM and is filed under Supper Clubs Wisconsin, Taverns Wisconsin, Friday Night Fish Fry.
In the interest of disclosure, about 30 years ago the fella's from my job back then rounded me up and we went to North Shore Inn for my bachelor party. The place has not changed all that much in the time that has passed by since then. I can't believe I have waited so long to write a posting about their fish fry.
There is a great view of Lake Koshkonong from the bar. About 15 years ago. That is the last lake I had my six-hundred dollar boat out on. I bent the old prop on the rocks. The lake has a nasty reputation for storms blowing in. The night we were there for fish, its reputation stood solid. A storm blew in and white caps rose up immediately. Lake Koshkonong is a big lake on the Rock River. It is a well kept secret for boaters and fishermen. It always takes a back seat to Lake Geneva, and the Madison lakes. But, I love the whole Koshkonong area. As the crow flies, I grew up just to the south east of the lake about eight miles.
The storm had some brilliant lightning and thunder. The evening was warm. The sky was blue to the east; bright orange to the west; and, dark storm clouds to the south. As I looked east to the blue sky, you could still hear the birds singing their evening songs.
They have a good old Wisconsin bar, and two dining rooms. They will take your order from the bar and when you sit, your food awaits you.
North Shore Inn offers up a two-piece; three-piece; or, five-piece fish dinner. They do fish on both Wednesday and Friday - an old Wisconsin tradition going way back. I got the 2-piece; Heide and her mom got the 3-piece. Our fish was crisp on the outside and flaky on the inside - easy to cut with a fork. I opted for the potato salad. It came with a dusting of praprika on top. The ladies got the mini potato pancakes. They were not homemade but did taste like they were. A basket of soft buttered bread came with our meal. The tarter sauce came in a squeeze bottle - a good ol' tavern hallmark.
Maasz's North Shore Inn is cool with Cool Dadio. With our three meals, adult beverages, and tip we got out of there for around 35 Bucks or so.
Find Maasz's North Shore Inn at the end of North Shore Road. Take Highway 106 to the west out of Fort Atkinson a mile or so to North Shore Road and take a left. Follow it to the lake. Call (920) 563 - 2083 for more information. Or, find them at www.letseat.at/northshoreinn .
Wisconsin Military Service Person Special Mention of the Week
(each week Cooldadiomedia mentions a Wisconsin service person killed in Iraq or Afghanistan)
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jaime Suzanne Jaenke, 29, of Bay City, Wisconsin, died Monday, June 5, 2006. She was killed as a result of enemy action when her Humvee was struck by a roadside bomb in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Jaenke was a Navy Seabee Reservist and assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25, U.S. Navy Reserve, based out of Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. She was one of two sailors killed in the incident. Jaenke was a corpsman and field medic assigned to the Naval unit which gave combat service support for the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. Her unit was activated in January and sent overseas in March. Jaenke was activated in January with the unit and had been overseas for a few months before the attack. As Seabee reservists, her unit provided infrastructure support for combat officers, such as building airstrips and housing. Bay City, Wisconsin is a small town on the Mississippi River on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border just south of Minneapolis and St. Paul. However, Jaime was claimed as a native by a couple of states. The Des Moine Register noted her as from Iowa Falls and said she was the first female Iowan to die in the war in Iraq. They also noted she was the forty-second Iowan to die in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. Jaenke had ties to Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, according to Minneapolis television station KARE. Before joining the Naval Reserves, Jaenke worked as an emergency medical technician in Ellsworth, Wisconsin. The Des Moine Register said Jaenke lived in Iowa Falls during her early childhood attending kindergarten through second grade there. The family then moved to Bay City, Wisconsin, where she graduated from the Ellsworth High School. The Des Moine Register went on to mention she had only recently returned to Iowa after living for years in Minnesota and had planned to start an equestrian business in Iowa Falls when she returned from Iraq. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel noted her as the 57th member of the military from Wisconsin to die in Iraq and the third Navy female casualty. Jaime acquired a love for horses at an early age. She began riding at age 7 and continued for the rest of her life. She planned to attend the Ellsworth Area Community College in their nursing program. She also planned then to return to her love of horses at her parents’ stables in Iowa Falls. After a brief marriage and the birth of her daughter, she began working for the Best Maid Cookie factory, and also worked for Ellsworth Area Ambulance as an Emergency Medical Technician in Ellsworth, Wisconsin. She later worked for Xcel Energy as an armed guard at their Prairie Island facility. Jaenke attended Prairie View Elementary School in Hager City, Wisconsin and went to middle school and high school in Ellsworth. The Iowa Falls Times Citizen Obituary Archives stated that her funeral was held in Iowa Falls with military honors. She was laid to rest at the Alden Cemetery in Alden, Iowa. Jaime was born on November 12, 1976 in Iowa Falls. At the time of her death she was survived by daughter Kayla; bothers Garrett, Ryan, and Justin; and parents, Larry and Susan Jaenke. Jaime Jaenke was the 42nd Iowan to die in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001; and, the 57th Wisconsin military service person to die in Iraq since the spring of 2003.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
96,844 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
9,550 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,411 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1152 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
318 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
746 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
31,860 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
6,355 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
102 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
19 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
142 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
21 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
Wisconsin military service person special mention of the week, military casualty, and journalist casualty information sources: Committee to Protect Journalists; cnn.com; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; washingtonpost.com; thehighground.org; Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs; iraqbodycount.org; and, icasualties.org.
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